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NATIONALS FACE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE TO SIGN NUMBER ONE PICK
Monday, August 17th, 2009 -- 11:01 am
Posted by Larry Hoeser, Sports Director
The Washington Nationals face a midnight deadline to sign No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg. If Washington can't reach an agreement Monday with the right-handed pitcher from San Diego State, the team will lose its rights to him. Nationals president Stan Kasten said over the weekend that he thought a deal might not get done, even though Washington offered Strasburg a contract that would be the biggest ever given to a player taken in baseball's amateur draft. Strasburg went 13-1 this season for the Aztecs, leading Division I pitchers with a 1.32 ERA and 195 strikeouts. Last month, he won the Golden Spikes Award as the top amateur player in the United States.
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